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San Francisco Cable Car by ~ZCochrane:iconZCochrane:

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I've been meaning to post more pictures of my trip to San Francisco, in particular of the cable cars, ever since I started posting railway pictures basically. So, uhm, sorry for the slight delay.

Cable Car #18, on Powell and Market service, is here descending down Powell Street, a block away from Union Square. This section (while far from the worst) shows nicely why San Francisco is the only town where cable traction survived: No normal streetcar could ever hope to deal with these grades.

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Mood: Joy ~DragonSouL7 Feb 19, 2009, 4:12:36 AM
Ah! Cool! Die Cable Car ;-) ... macht Spaß damit zu fahren, wenn sie nur nicht so voll währe.
Schönes Foto, was mich an meinen Urlaub damals erinnert - ich meine das war 1998 oder früher/später... ;-)

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~ZCochrane Feb 19, 2009, 4:18:29 AM
Ach, mir macht das mit der Überfüllung nichts, es macht doch gerade am meisten Spaß wenn man auf den Trittbrettern draußen steht. :D

Vielen Dank für das :+fav:! :)

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*CJSutcliffe Feb 19, 2009, 4:39:47 AM
I've always wanted to visit San Francisco, in particular for its cable cars, as well as the Golden Gate Bridge and other stuff.

Plus, I'd love to see the best thing Bombardier can make attempt to climb this gradient. If it doesn't beach its nose into the tarmac the sharp foot of the hill would just break its back... :D

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*steamby51 Feb 19, 2009, 7:29:50 AM
got a question, are the cable-engines still powered by steam?

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~ZCochrane Feb 19, 2009, 9:05:33 AM
No, they've been converted to electric operations. I'm not exactly certain when, but it should have happened somewhere around the turn of the (previous) century.

Thank you for the :+fav:! :)

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~ZCochrane Feb 19, 2009, 9:08:39 AM
Yes, San Francisco is pretty cool. I also have a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge somewhere in my gallery, I think...

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*steamby51 Feb 19, 2009, 10:13:10 AM
welcome!

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I am loco for the loco!
_____________.._
ll''' l_l_l_l_l_l_l_l_ll)' the soviet A-aundreev 4-14-4
oo OOOOOOO=oo\

THE LOST ENGINES OF ROANOKE ARE NO LONGER LOST!
ALL EQUIPMENT AND LOCOMOTIVES IN THE SCRAPYARD HAVE BEEN SAVED!!!
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Mood: Neutral ~BajuszGG Feb 19, 2009, 11:50:35 AM
Bist du schon in San Fransisco gewesen? :o Du bist seht glücklich... Hast du mehrere Bilder? :lol:

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~ZCochrane Feb 19, 2009, 12:03:07 PM
Danke für die :+fav:s!

Ja, ich hatte dort vor zwei-einhalb Jahren Urlaub gemacht, und habe hier fünf andere Bilder hochgeladen: [link] [link] [link] [link] und [link]

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